Everyman Project

The Everyman Project was a project initiated by Lex Luthor. Its goal was to grant super-powers to non-metahumans. The first recipients of the treatment became the members of the Luthor's own super-hero team, the new Infinity, Inc.. [[John Henry Irons (

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The Everyman Project was a project initiated by Lex Luthor. Its goal was to grant super-powers to non-metahumans. The first recipients of the treatment became the members of the Luthor's own super-hero team, the new Infinity, Inc.. John Henry Irons was granted powers through the process against his wishes. Luthor also had the ability to strip the powers away from those he had granted them to. The main goal of the project however was to test, check and recheck user compatibility. To make sure it was safe so Luthor could undergo the empowerment process.

At the start of the project Luthor was led to believe that he was incompatible with the Everyman Exo-Gene treatment. This was later proven to be a deception by Dr. Dennis Laughlin; a member and head researcher behind the project's staff who apparently feared Lex Luthor gaining the powers and abilities of Superman.

In a fit of childishness over the supposed incompatibility of the Everyman genes and his own DNA, Luthor killed many of the Everyman Project subjects by deactivating their powers in mid-air on New Year's Eve with an electro-magnetic signal. Fearing her uncle was right all along, Natasha Irons went about digging into the project and was nearly caught in the blast Dennis used to kill himself and his findings. All to cover his falsifying Luthor's intelligibility, hoping that immolating his research in an exothermic explosion would bury the truth.

After various deceptions were brought to light and Luthor was augmented by the project as desired. Steel led a group of heroes to rescue his niece from the Everyman Project and Luthor. During their one sided fight, Natasha was the one who found a way to generate the signal Luthor had previously used to depower the Everyman subjects and take away his Superman-lite powers.

Some time after the dissolution of the Everyman Project, the former members of Luthor's Infinity Inc. developed bizarre powers stemming from their original Everyman Project powers.

The project was shown to grant the following abilities (not all in one person):

Steel skin

Super-Strength

Magnetism

Plant Control/Manipulation

Shapeshifting

Digestive Metamorphosis

Flight

Energy Projection

Spike Growth

Invisibility

Super-Senses

Size Control

Invulnerability

Light Manipulation

Note: This list does not list all of the abilities granted by the Everyman project.